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Clinical Specialties

Specialty:

Orthopaedic Surgery

Programs & Centers:

Penn Spine Center

Clinical Expertise:

Abnormal Vertebrae
Absent Vertebrae
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Cervical Spine
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Lumbar Spine
Back Injuries
Back Surgery
Biological Enhancement of Spinal Fusion
Bone Growth Stimulator
Bowel incontinence (Fecal Incontinence)
Broken Coccyx
Bulging Disc
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cervical Arthritis
Cervical Bone Spur
Cervical Compression Fracture
Cervical Decompression
Cervical Deformity
Cervical Disc Degeneration
Cervical Disc Disease
Cervical Disc Displacement
Cervical Disc Herniation
Cervical Laminoplasty
Cervical Laminotomy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Revision Surgery
Cervical Spinal Fracture
Cervical Spinal Fusion Surgery
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Cervical Spine Surgery
Cervical Steroid Injection
Coccyx Injury
Complex Spinal Deformities
Complex Spinal Surgery
Compression Fractures
Congenital Malformation of the Spine
Congenital Scoliosis
Cordotomy
Craniocervical Junction Surgery
Decompression Laminectomy
Degenerative Spine Conditions
Diplomyelia
Direct Lateral Approach
Disc Arthroplasty
Disc Replacement
Disc Surgery
Diskectomy
Dorsal Column Stimulator
Endoscopic Fusion
Enuresis
Eos Xray Machine
Epidural Injection
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
Facet Injection
Facet Surgery
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
Flatback Syndrome
Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
Foot Drag
Foot Drop
Growing Rods
Herniated Disc
Hydrorhachis
Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
Intraspinal Abscess
Junctional Kyphosis
Kyphosis
Laminectomy
Laminoplasty
Lateral Access Spine Surgery
Lordosis
Low Back Surgery
Lower Back Injuries
Lower Back Pain
Lumbar Scoliosis
Lumbar Spinal Fracture
Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Lumbar Spinal Injury
Lumbar Spinal Mass
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar Spinal Tumor
Lumbar Stress Fracture
Lumbosacral Plexus Lesion
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Magnetic Expansion Control
Mehta Casting
Microdiscectomy
Microsurgical Laminoplasty
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Motion-Sparing Spinal Surgery
Muscle Spasticity
Myelopathy
Myelopathy Surgery
Navigation Spine Surgery
Neck Injuries
Neck Masses and Lumps
Neck Pain
Neck Tumors
Neurogenic Claudication
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Occipito-Cervical Fusion
Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation and Fusion
Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
Post-Laminectomy Kyphosis
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
Radiculopathy
Revision of Spinal Surgery
Rhizotomy
Rigo Cheneau Bracing
Robotic Spine Surgery
Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
Sacroiliac Joint Block
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
Sacroiliitis
Scheuermann Disease
Scheuermann's Kyphosis
Schroth Therapy
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Scoliosis Surgery
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Smith Petersen Osteotomy
Spasticity
Spasticity of Spine/Back
Spina Bifida
Spinal Abscess
Spinal Abscess Surgery
Spinal Cord Anomaly
Spinal Cord Compression
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Spinal Cord Surgery
Spinal Cyst Removal
Spinal Deformity
Spinal Dural Graft
Spinal Fracture
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Injection
Spinal Instrumentation
Spinal Mass
Spinal Meningioma
Spinal Microsurgery
Spinal Reconstruction
Spinal Schwannoma
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Tethering for Scoliosis
Spinal Tumor
Spine Decompression
Spine Deformity
Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
Spine Injuries
Spine Stapling
Spondylectomy
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Spondylosis Surgery
Spondylosis With Myelopathy
Spondylosyndesis
Surgery for Sciatica
Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy
Tarlov Cysts
Tethered Spinal Cord
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Thoracic Laminectomy
Thoracic Spinal Fracture
Thoracic Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Spinal Injury
Thoracic Spinal Mass
Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
Thoracic Spinal Tumor
Three Column Osteotomy
Transpsoas Approach
Transthoracic Discectomy
Tubular Discectomy
Vascular Malformations of the Spine
Vertebrae Surgery
Vertebral Column Resection
Vertebral Epiphysitis
Vertebral Fracture
Vertebral Stapling
Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
X-Stop Surgery

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Practice Locations and Appointments

Penn Orthopaedics Bucks County

Penn Medicine Bucks County 777 Township Line Road Yardley, PA 19067 800-789-7366 (PENN)
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Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital

Pennsylvania Hospital 1 Cathcart 800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 800-789-7366 (PENN)
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A facility of Pennsylvania Hospital
Penn Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital

Pennsylvania Hospital Spruce Building, 3rd Floor 801 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 800-789-7366 (PENN)
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A facility of Pennsylvania Hospital

Insurance Accepted

Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
CVS Health
Devon Health Services (Americare)
eLAP Services
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners

HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Intergroup
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
Multiplan
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare

Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Health Care/LGH
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Remedy Partners at Penn Medicine
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Education and Training

Medical School: Columbia University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center

Memberships

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS), National AO Spine North America (AOSNA), International Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, Local Lumbar Spine Research Society (LSRS), International North American Spine Society (NASS), International Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), International University of Pennsylvania Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), Local University of Pennsylvania-Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders (PCMD), Local

Hospital Affiliation

Dr. Saifi is employed by Penn Medicine.

Hospital Privileges:

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Research

Description of Research Expertise:

Clinical Outcomes Research in Spine Surgery

Selected Publications:

Saifi C, Eby M, Arlet V: Surgical Planning Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2020.

Hendow C, Beschloss A, Cazzulino A, Lombardi JM, Louie P, Milby A, Pugely A, Ozturk A, Ludwig S, Saifi C: Marked Increase in Primary Atlantoaxial Spinal Fusion Surgeries in the United States Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine : 2020.

Varthi AG, Saifi C, Whang PG: Spinal Column Infections Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 13: Spine : 2020.

Comron Saifi & Vincent Arlet: Structural Complications in Spinal Deformity Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2020.

Hendow CJ, Beschloss A, Louie PK, Lombardi JM, Shillingford J, Khan SR, Laratta JL, Arlet V, Saifi C: Economic Trends in Spinal Deformity Surgery in the United States between 2012 and 2015 Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) 54th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Saifi C, Lombardi JM, Phillips FM.: Anterior and Lateral Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques in Lumbar Scoliosis. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Textbook. : 2019.

Philip Louie, Hollis E. Johanson, Jacob Emerson, Jannat M. Khan, Bryce Basques, Dennis P. McKinney, Comron Saifi, Howard S. An, Garrett Harada: Degenerative cervical spondylolisthesis: does adjacent level surgical stabilization result in progressive listhesis? The Spine Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, S85 from the North American Spine Society (NASS) 34th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Piyush Kalakoti, Richard P. Menger, Nathan R. Hendrickson, Alan Shamrock, Joshua M. Eisenberg, Comron Saifi, Daniel M. Sciubba, Meic H. Schmidt, Andrew J. Pugely: Forecasting spinal deformity healthcare burden and operative utilization in the United States from 2015 to 2040: An Epidemiological-based Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) computation modeling The Spine Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, S75–S76 from the North American Spine Society (NASS) 34th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Joshua M. Eisenberg, Piyush Kalakoti, Nathan R. Hendrickson, Comron Saifi, Andrew J. Pugely: Impact of preoperative chronic opioid therapy on long-term outcomes, re-operations, complications and resource utilization after lumbar arthrodesis The Spine Journal, Volume 19, Issue 9, S68 - S69. from the North American Spine Society (NASS) 34th Annual Meeting : 2019.

Saifi C, DeWald CJ: Restoration of anatomic thoracic kyphosis in AIS utilizing predictive algorithm to generate patient specific rod contours 26th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) : 2019.

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Academic Contact Info

The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
University of Pennsylvania Health System
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107

Phone: (215) 829-7155
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366 (PENN)

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